The Republican mayor of a small Florida beach town devastated by two recent hurricanes announced his resignation on Monday, saying he lacks the “necessary bandwidth” to lead the community through its recovery while managing his family business and personal crises.
Treasure Island Mayor Tyler Payne, whose own home was destroyed by flooding from Hurricanes Helene and Milton, made the announcement in a Facebook post, calling his three-and-a-half-year tenure “the greatest honor of my life.”
“While it pains my heart to make this decision in the midst of our recovery from Hurricanes Helene and Milton, this is the best decision for me and my family,” he wrote, citing competing demands from his full-time role in his family’s business, which he said is in a “critical growth phase.”
In an email to Newsweek, Jason Beisel, the city’s public information officer, said the mayor’s statement is all that has been released at this moment.
The resignation comes as …